January 2014 Grocery Challenge

spendinglikemad

Chicken stripped and chopped (cat enjoyed a few bits!!) chopped sausage and made a cheese sauce and added left over the Xmas cheese lurking in fridge as well as cheddar - with some veg made up pasta bakes ready to bake x 2 (1 for freezer and one for tomorrows dinner) I hope it tastes nice - I will add parmesan and sliced tomato before it gets baked in the oven.
Chicken carcass in slow cooker making some stock
So thats 3 dinners sorted (2 for this week and one for next week) should mean more non spending days until weekend

Does anyone know any recipes using sweet banana paste (Tachao?) came in a pack of brazilian delicacies! was thinking banana muffins maybe or banana loaf?

SLM

spookybuffy

Did my main shop for this week. didn't want to do one but needed fruit, milk, crisps (kids lunch boxes) pasta, bread, juice £9.17.. so updated my sig.

mrs-moneypenny

LESLAMP wrote: »

Just a little spend for me but needed some soya milk as my asthma is playing up and I find dairy makes it worse. Spent £3.02 on soya milk, bananas and lemons. Not too bad considering I hadn't had any breakfast so-

#49 £270.76

if you have a coop near you they have alpo soya on offer at 2 for £2
HTH

did cheese and marmite toasies in the george formby;) for lunch followed by fresh orange segs

CH27

I've managed another NSD.
Cheesy pasta bake for tonight to use up the odds & ends of cheese.

MrsCautious

Thank you Coxy I am.

I'd like to share the following link about the charity work I have been up to, and say thank you to the people here who helped me get there, I won't say who in case they don't want people to know, hope it's ok to post this, I won't be offended if the link is removed but it's not self promotion, I don't think:

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2014/01/18/our-african-journey-of-love-and-hope-charity-hands-at-work-south-africa/

NSD for me today, see how many I can manage now this week.

xx

Make-it-3

Meticulously planned meals and shopping list and then forgot to take it out with me today - DOH! Luckily memory wasn't too bad, but I am going to have to get some forgotten essentials tomorrow.

Budget remaining for Jan is now £47.29 with one weekly shop to go. Feeling upbeat about coming in under target - it will be my first ever.

Meal plans are:

Chinese veg stir fry & noodles
Veg lasagne
Thai veg curry
Indian lentil stew
Jacket potato with tuna for one (Fri when OH is out)
Nigella's asian style fish chowder
Birthday tea (kiddy food for my 3 yr old - Tues)

poppycracker

well DH is getting paid tomorrow, not next Thursday so I'm declaring for the month at £76. Still, its good to know that we 'can' survive on very little grocery shopping in a month. Think it might be a bit of a big spend tomorrow, need to restock some bits in the cupboard.

Pixie_Fairydust

Hi All

I haven't posted in a while!

Me & DS have been living with my parents since October :eek:

We are due to move out in March :T (don't mean to come across as ungrateful but I feel like a teenager again, and not in a good way!)

Anyway I am reading the thread and enjoying all your posts. But I won't be in again properly until March/April.

Just wanted to say hi.

Keep up the good work.

Pix
xx

Pixie_Fairydust

Make-it-3 wrote: »

Meal plans are:

Chinese veg stir fry & noodles
Veg lasagne
Thai veg curry
Indian lentil stew
Jacket potato with tuna for one (Fri when OH is out)
Nigella's asian style fish chowder
Birthday tea (kiddy food for my 3 yr old - Tues)

Your meal plan looks lovely

Could I trouble you for your thai veg curry and indian lentil stew recipes?

Thanks, Pix
xx

Coxy11

MrsCautious wrote: »

Thank you Coxy I am.

I'd like to share the following link about the charity work I have been up to, and say thank you to the people here who helped me get there, I won't say who in case they don't want people to know, hope it's ok to post this, I won't be offended if the link is removed but it's not self promotion, I don't think:

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2014/01/18/our-african-journey-of-love-and-hope-charity-hands-at-work-south-africa/

NSD for me today, see how many I can manage now this week.

xx

Wow....inspiring post, thank you for sharing and best wishes to you and your girls xxx

Coxy